sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
Location: South Wales Drives: Clio 172
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thinking of getting one of these and know 1 or 2 people on here have had them so im just wondering what are they like? i.e reliable? quick? handle well? etc and what common problems do they get and whats to look out for?
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Quick - Certainly not.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Not keen, too plasticky inside, not fast, quite a boring car actually.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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180's are ment to be better though iirc
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
Location: South Wales Drives: Clio 172
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yeah my mate had a 180.. lovely car, i loved driving it and it went well but i dont have the money to get a 180 so thinking a 130 with 180 wheels and spoiler
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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How much is the 130 you've seen?
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sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
Location: South Wales Drives: Clio 172
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well im looking to do a swap with someone on my corsa gsi but if not then ill be getting one around £1300
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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13 is good for comfort.
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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They are cheap. I loved the interior, nice looking car all round really. Shame a lot of them suffer from the cut out problem, because of that I'd wary of any really cheap ones... in some ways enjoyed mine more than my 182 
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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Even the 180 is slow IMO, my dad has one and its nothing special. Nice seats, thats about my favourite part about it.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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gorgeous cars the 206.
Get the gran turismo edition. With a set of wheels it looks grreat!
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Simon_16v
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Registered: 14th Aug 06
Location: Yorkshire
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My 206 had the cut-out problem and my god it shit me up at the best of times.
Being a 1.4hdi and having to plan an overtake.....then overtaking and no power is pretty scary stuff!!
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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Yup loosing power steering whilst going round roundabouts was the worst for me, nearly fucked me a couple of times! Real shame... did like that car.
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Pop
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Registered: 8th May 03
Location: Reading
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I had a 206 GTi and thought it was really good. For £1300 I can't see you being disappointed.
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fred7
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Registered: 17th May 04
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire
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drove a 130 and 180 and didnt feel that much in it really! the 180 is alot nicer car tho! so brought a HDi instead 
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22B
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Registered: 9th Sep 04
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Ive owned both 138 and 180. Both very underrated cars and absolute bargains for the spec levels, A/C , climate control, leather alacantra.
For all the people saying the 138 is slow, its not fast but with 138bhp and weighing 1040 KG I wouldnt call it slow, My VTS was the same speed in a straight line and also the 306 GTi 6 was on a par and they are often praised to the rafters. Good handling bit of bodyroll as standard, cheap to run, great on fuel and fairly cheap to insure.
The 180 is definitely a step up over the 138. Handles brilliantly, sits flat as a pancake through the corners, the only downside is the teeth and back jarring firm ride, which is a fair trade off for the cornering ability. Performance is a step up again, 7.4 to 60, half a second slower than a clio 182 to 100 mph, wouldnt say it was slow. Great traction in the dry can use all the power. Only downside is the narrow powerband, starts pulling at 4000rpm and peaks at 7000 rpm.
The downsides are group 17 insurance which is to be expected for a car in that sector of the market, and its very thirsty on fuel due to the short gearing. I went for a 180 as they are a lot rarer sight on the road, compared with the cliosport which you see everywhere
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